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wnylib

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33. I'm not worried about a nuclear attack. There

Wed Dec 25, 2019, 10:39 PM

Dec 2019

are too many safeguards for him to carry it out. I read what they were.once and can' t remember the details now, but there is much more to it than just pushing a button and punching in the codes.

But everything else is possible.

What about making sure all of Putin's main goals are.carrred.out while he can.still do it?

More immediate than the election will be his retaliation after the Senate acquits him. Instead of waiting to nullify the election results, or rig them, he might just use the claim that the impeachment was an attempted coup to arrest Democrats, starting with Pelosi, Schiff, Nadler, Schumer, and Biden. A grand announcement that he is saving American democracy. A call for RW militias to back him.

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Ok. Imagine that it's soon after the 2020 election and Trump has lost to the Democratic candidate... [View all] Kablooie Dec 2019 OP

I certainly worry about this. dhol82 Dec 2019 #1

The nuclear threat is the number one thing that made me dewsgirl Dec 2019 #2

Totally! dhol82 Dec 2019 #11

How many of them are acting? dewsgirl Dec 2019 #14

Doesn't matter. Joint chiefs are joint chiefs. dhol82 Dec 2019 #16

Indeed. The people left in place and most of the current Acting dewsgirl Dec 2019 #17

We seem to be getting down to scary times. dhol82 Dec 2019 #18

This morning dewsgirl Dec 2019 #20

Yup. It just seems like we are getting closer and closer. dhol82 Dec 2019 #46

Possibly........ MyOwnPeace Dec 2019 #41

I think they already have. Mr.Bill Dec 2019 #23

i have this gut feeling that if dem candidate wins , he wont leave and disavow the dem. AllaN01Bear Dec 2019 #3

I think the Secret Service and Federal Marshall's Office might have something to say about that... Volaris Dec 2019 #21

Yes, I have a friend in the Secret Service. I asked him if he PatrickforO Dec 2019 #24

Corrupt pardons exboyfil Dec 2019 #4

The ambassadors aren't an issue jmowreader Dec 2019 #34

Yep, he and his minions are likely already plotting all the flourishes of his eventual exit. JudyM Dec 2019 #47

I worry about what will happen once he is acquitted in the Senate, dewsgirl Dec 2019 #5

Yes, you're right but once he has lost any future as president he will be many times as vengeful. Kablooie Dec 2019 #6

Correct, like one of the posters above said, mass pardons dewsgirl Dec 2019 #7

I believe that there are those who are working on an effective checkmate for this eventuality. NBachers Dec 2019 #8

Which evidence? ecstatic Dec 2019 #28

Go back over the moves Democratic leaders have made from way before the impeachment to the present. NBachers Dec 2019 #30

If he lives that long Cartoonist Dec 2019 #9

Won't happen soon enough. dhol82 Dec 2019 #12

Promise?😉 dewsgirl Dec 2019 #15

Hopefully all of his Republican co-conspirators go in self destruct mode as well. WyattKansas Dec 2019 #25

Hopefully he will be far too busy dodging all his 42bambi Dec 2019 #10

You're way too optimistic. dhol82 Dec 2019 #13

Let's also imagine... Eyeball_Kid Dec 2019 #19

Kamala Would be Fabulous! leftieNanner Dec 2019 #22

Trump worshippers grabbing their cousins and kids and heading to the compound with their brewens Dec 2019 #26

Can't forget the oxygen tanks SCVDem Dec 2019 #36

of course Kurt V. Dec 2019 #27

He'll try to invoke Continuity of Government powers I bet sandensea Dec 2019 #29

Just look at what damage to the govt the GOP legislature has done in WI bobbieinok Dec 2019 #31

Glad you mentioned this! (my thinking as well) bluestarone Dec 2019 #51

IIRC the GOP legislature in NC has acted similarily--and in VA maybe? bobbieinok Dec 2019 #56

With 2 months left he probably wont do anything that doesn't have dollar signs or pardons involved. Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2019 #32

I'm not worried about a nuclear attack. There wnylib Dec 2019 #33

Just to add that if he does retaliate with arrests wnylib Dec 2019 #35

If Trump loses, he will pull a Richard Nixon. Sloumeau Dec 2019 #37

Of all of the possibilities posted........ MyOwnPeace Dec 2019 #42

I don't think Trump will go quietly. wnylib Dec 2019 #48

Correct on the pardons.............. MyOwnPeace Dec 2019 #53

Deliberately tank the economy? Fritz Walter Dec 2019 #38

The House should just take a page out of drumpf's book Takket Dec 2019 #39

Trump will resign in order to mget pardoned by Pence. Turbineguy Dec 2019 #40

How does the "in cases of impeachment" limitation factor in, though? I'm honestly not sure. better Dec 2019 #45

I want to know if the next admin can have access to the briefing docs and mahina Dec 2019 #43

One advantage Biden has is that he knew a lot of the Obama administration personally. Kablooie Dec 2019 #50

Maybe mahina Dec 2019 #54

it will be hell for any dem prez unless we get the senate too.. samnsara Dec 2019 #44

For sure. Also, even if he wins the election, wnylib Dec 2019 #57

My idea NewJeffCT Dec 2019 #49

SO much of that idea............ MyOwnPeace Dec 2019 #55

Let's win first. Then, we can take care of all that. Hoyt Dec 2019 #52

He will destroy records, if he hasn't already. wnylib Dec 2019 #58